time to get lady and take her to the Health Dept for rabies treatment.
Wow, was that a positive result or is that precautionary?
standard operating procedue. ER fucked up, Health Dept raised hell with the hospital.
Back in the day that was a miserable ordeal with one daily injection in the stomach for 14 days.
Much improved now:
For post-exposure prevention after you have been bitten or exposed to rabies, you will need to receive a total of 4 shots. The first shot is given as soon as possible, and the rest are usually given on Days 3, 7, and 14. With the first shot you may also receive a separate injection of rabies immune globulin (im-YOON GLOB-yoo-lin). This injection is given directly into or near the bite wound or injury where the rabies virus is likely to have entered your body.
Injections are no longer in the stomach either.
One of the very few viruses that you can effectively vaccinate for post infection.
I was vaccinated for rabies back in the day, but as it was prophylactic, it was a series similar to other vaccinations, just three shots.
Got it because I worked for a company that made vaccines for animals, including rabies.
Came as a bit of a shock to a professor when we did blood screens in graduate school.
